The Ocean Cleanup has taken another important step in its mission to rid the world’s oceans of plastic with the announcement of a partnership project in Central America to stop the flow of waste into the Bay of Panama. The Ocean Cleanup has taken another important step in its mission to rid the world’s oceans of plastic with the announcement of a partnership project in Central America to stop the flow of waste into the Bay of Panama.| The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup has now deployed seven Interceptors in the Jamaican capital, completing the first phase of our joint project to eliminate plastic pollution in Kingston Harbour. 2024 will see 4 more Interceptors arrive in Kingston, this time focusing on Hunts Bay, and all aimed at enabling the transformation of the city’s waterways while reducing plastic emissions into the Caribbean Sea.| The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup has partnered with leading universities across three continents to study plastic pollution in three urban rivers over three years in the Dominican Republic, South Africa and Thailand.| The Ocean Cleanup
The Ocean Cleanup is a non-profit organization, developing the first feasible method to rid the world's ocean of plastic. Read our recent updates here.| The Ocean Cleanup
The annual economic costs due to marine plastic are estimated to be between $6-19bn USD. Find out more about the contributing factors in our interactive map.| The Ocean Cleanup
The Interceptor Original is our first river plastic interceptor technology. It is fully solar powered and can work autonomously until full.| The Ocean Cleanup
The 30 Cities Program will scale the Interceptor™ solutions across 30 cities to eliminate up to one third of plastic flowing into the ocean.| The Ocean Cleanup
Rivers are a major source of plastic waste in the oceans. We estimate that 1000 rivers, are accountable for nearly 80% of global annual riverine plastic emissions, which range between 0.8 – 2.7 million metric tons per year, with small urban rivers amongst the most polluting.| The Ocean Cleanup
